Emerging Design Talents 2016: Poetry. Annual Show Displays Graduates’ Imaginative Works of Creations

Hong Kong Design Institute (HKDI) and Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (IVE) (Lee Wai Lee) have been devoted to nurturing and training creative talents in various aspects of design. Every year the institute organises an annual design show to exhibit the best of students’ works to the public, providing a stage for them to shine in the spotlight and showcase their boundless creativity.

“Emerging Design Talents 2016: Poetry” is an inspiration to both students and the audience to reflect on the relationship between Poetry, Technology and Thoughts. Highlighting the integration of technology and imagination, Morse code on the event poster is adopted as a metaphor of creativity decoding. Supported by the advancement of technology, students’ ideas can come true in a poetic way. Efforts and passion poured into the works shine through the engaging expressions of the young designers’ talents and thoughts. The exhibition is taking place in HKDI & IVE (Lee Wai Lee). It is free admission for the public.

This year, graduates have created some enlightening works of extraordinary imagination on different social and philosophical issues. Among the impressive shows during the exhibition period, New Fashion Force is the not-to-be-missed showcase of 30 best fashion and accessories collections from over 200 fashion design graduates, where the public will see cutting edge designs and the passion of our home-grown designers in between the fabrics and stitches. The Revolutionary Image of The New Generation displays a series of wearable artworks image design from the mixed effort of fashion, make-up, hair styling and stage costume, bringing audience an unprecedented visual sensation.

Another highlight of the event is Music in Motion with the theme “Start Fresh, Move On” which aims to encourage students to move on in pursuit of a bigger dream. Local indie band PHOON together with the star alumni and graduating students of Digital Music and Media will perform in the live music show. The original songs composed by the graduating students will be featured. As a significant event gathering emerging music talents, the show sure will start a new wave of local music.

“Emerging Design Talents 2016: Poetry” is an annual gala comprising exhibitions, fashion and styling shows, concerts, multimedia show and micro-film screening.

The opening ceremony will be held at 7:15pm on 16 th June 2016 at HKDI & IVE (Lee Wai Lee), with Mr Eric Yim, VTC Deputy Chairman and
Chairman of Hong Kong Design Centre, as the officiating guest.

A fine selection of student works from various design disciplines will be presented at the exhibition, which include Visual Arts and Culture, Advertising Design, Creative Media, Digital Music and Media, Film and Television, Publication Design and Print Media, Transmedia, Visual Communication, Fashion Branding and Buying, Fashion Design, Fashion Image Design, Architectural Design, Furniture and Lifestyle Product Design, Jewellery and Image Product Design, Jewellery Design and Technology, Landscape Architecture, Product Design, Interior Design, Exhibition Design, Stage and Set Design, Information Technology and etc.

In addition, HKDI holds a series of exhibitions outside the campus and invites the public to engage in the dialogue with HKDI talents in the expression of mesmerizing works of design. The exhibitions will take place in various locations including PopCorn in Tseung Kwan O, Comix Home Base in Wanchai and Cityplaza in Tai Koo.

The soft launch of HKDI Centre of Innovative Material and Technology (CIMT) will also be scheduled on the opening day of “Emerging Design Talents 2016: Poetry” on 16 June 2016.

CIMT is designed to serve all design disciplines from interior design /construction materials to advanced fabrics, allowing inter-disciplinary design activities and knowledge exchange through multimaterial applications. It is to serve as a platform for knowledge exchange for design, innovative processes and materiality, dedicated to higher education and creative professionals.